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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicForest Fire

Topic: Forest Fire

5,710 forest fires in April alone — Uttarakhand’s burning problem & what’s behind it

The districts worst affected by the ongoing spell of forest fires are Nainital, which has reported 1,524 fires in 2024 so far, followed by Champawat with 1025 and Almora with 909.

‘Tragedy of great magnitude’ — Chile forest fires claims 123 lives so far

Chile Deputy Interior Minister, Manuel Monsalve, said 165 fires raged across Chiles damaging about 14,000 homes in the area. It is being called the worst disaster since the 2010 earthquake.

At least 23 dead as dozens of wildfires torch forests in Chile

Another 16 fires sparked to life on Saturday, according to officials, as local temperatures in the Southern Hemisphere summer exceeded 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 Celsius).

Climate change deadlier than cancer, widening gap between haves, have-nots, says new UN study

Global warming has had a negative effect on livelihoods, labour efficiency and increased energy consumption — all of which trigger a cycle of adverse climatic impact, the report says.

The Amazon is burning in 2020 again. It can just lead to more pandemics

According to the Global Fire Emissions Database project run by NASA, fires in the Amazon in 2020 surpassed those of 2019.

Lockdown brought cute images of dancing peacocks, not rhino poaching, Uttarakhand forest fires

The economy has come to a standstill due to Covid-19, but increased natural disasters, poaching & deforestation prove the environment is still under attack.

Fake social media photos exaggerating Uttarakhand forest fires situation: Forest official

Incidents of fires in Uttarakhand have gone up in the last 5 days, but the devastation is nowhere close to what the state had experienced last May, say officials.

Karnataka gripped by forest fires, state says it’s because of ‘mischief & mistakes’

Forest Survey of India report finds Karnataka has most forest fires. State forest department questions data, but says the fires are a matter of concern.

When it comes to forests, India must fight fire with fire

The govt’s colonial-era emphasis on preventing all sorts of fires may actually be increasing the frequency of the devastating fires, say experts.

It is not the heat, but us human beings who are setting South India’s forests on fire

Experts believe that most forest fires are man-made and data corroborates this.

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